Tom Scott Shares Avantdale Bowling Club Documentary

Wednesday 15th August, 2018 10:43AM

Aotearoa hip hop icon Tom Scott has shared a behind the scenes documentary exploring thoughts and ideas behind his new project Avantdale Bowling Club, whose debut album drops this Friday. The jazz-tinged record showcases the talents of a small army of local artists including Julien Dyne, Guy Harrison, Tom Dennison, Mara TK, Ben McNicoll, JY Jong-Yun Lee, Christoph El Truento, Haz Beats, Teeks, Finn Scholes, Cory Champion, Isaac Aesili, John Bell, Jeremy Toy and more, and is accompanied by a three day exhibition of images that inspired and were inspired by the new collection, opening this Friday at Central Auckland's CorpStudio.

Unless you've been sealed in a cave you've already heard A.B.C.'s landmark debut single 'Years Gone By', we caught up with Tom Scott who generously shared a selection of records that inspired his new album, you can read his words and listen to highlighted tracks along with a playlist of more songs here. Check out the DJ schedule for this weekend's exhibition and watch the documentary featuring conversations with Scott along with friends and collaborators, created by Jordan Arts for Red Bull Music below...